According to Napoleon, Duggan is the preferred candidate of “downtown corporate interests.” And he says those interests are re-shaping Detroit “from a visitor’s perspective”—leaving most city residents behind.

“We will never achieve and experience [that] type of sustainable business development in Detroit until we’re able to offer the kind of communities that are attractive to corporate leaders and their employees to live in,” Napoleon said Wednesday.

Napoleon says he’ll release his grassroots revitalization plan—based on the idea of re-building the city “one square mile at a time”—next week.

“Building a city from a visitor’s perspective, while ignoring the perspective of those who live there, is not the way to go,” Napoleon said.

Napoleon also insists that while Duggan publicly opposes Detroit’s emergency manager, he worked with state officials behind the scenes to help select Kevyn Orr for that post.